Comparison of the volatile composition in thyme honeys from several origins in Greece

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 55, Issue 20, 2007, Pages 8152-8157

  Alissandrakis, Eleftherios ^a   Tarantilis, Petros A ^a   Harizanis, Paschalis C ^a   Polissiou, Moschos ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

1 phenyl 2,3 butanedlone; 3 hydroxy 1 phenyl 2 butanone; 3 hydroxy 4 phenyl 2 butanone; Botanical origin; Carvacrol; Geographical origin; Phenylacetaldehyde; Phenylacetonitrile; SPME; Thyme honey; Volatile compounds

Indexed keywords

THYMUS VULGARIS;

ACETALDEHYDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKER; DRUG DERIVATIVE; PHENYLACETALDEHYDE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; CLASSIFICATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GREECE; HONEY; MASS FRAGMENTOGRAPHY; POLLEN; THYME; VOLATILIZATION;

ACETALDEHYDE; BIOLOGICAL MARKERS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY-MASS SPECTROMETRY; GREECE; HONEY; POLLEN; THYMUS PLANT; VOLATILIZATION;

EID: 38349063302     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf071442y     Document Type: Article

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